Pneumatic-tire protector.



PATENTED FEB. 13, 1906.-

L. L. SIDWELL/J' I PNEUMATIC TIRE PROTECTOR.

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT.23, 1904.

ATTORNEY We TE? Arnnr enrich.

PNEUMATIC-TIRE PROTECTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 13, 1906.

Application filed September 23, 1904. Serial No. 225,661.

To all whom it 777/001] concern:

Be it known that I, Lnsrnn L. SrDwELL,-a citizen of the United States, residing at Rivera, county of Los Angeles, State of California, have invented and discovered a new and useful Improvement in Pneumatic-Tire Protectors; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in tire-protectors for automobiles, bicycles, and other vehicles; and the objects of my improvei'ncnt are, first, to provide means for protecting tires of vehicles from puncture and corrosion while being used, reference being made to the accompanying drawings, and to reference-muncrals marked thereon.

The invention consists, essentially, oi the construction, combination, and. arrangement of the several parts, as will be heroinal'tcr fully described. in the spccilimttion, shown upon the drawings appended hereto, and pccitically pointed out in the claims made a part hereof.

1 attain these objects by the coi'istruction, combination, and arrangement ol" the several parts illustrated upon the accompanying' drawings, in which Figure 1 is a crosssectional view of the telly and tire removed from the wheel of the vehicle, one of a series of semicircular protecting-pieces upon the tire shown in elevation and the wires for securing the said picces in place upon the tire. Fig. 2 is a cross-scetional view on the line a (t ol' Fig. 1, the tire removed, showing three ol' the protectingpieces, the buflers between said. pieces partly in section and partly in elevation, and one ol the wires used for retaining the sait. protecting-pieces upon the tire. Fig. 3 is a view in elevation of a series of semicircular protecting-pieces secured by a wire upon a section of the tire, a portion of the telly, and portions of the spokes of the wheel secured to the folly, parts of the said wire, telly, and spokes broken away; and Fig. 4 is a plan view of a series of semicircular protcctingpieces socured upon a section of the tire, the ends of the tire broken away.

Similar reference numerals rclcr to like parts throughout the several views.

The reference numerals 1 1 denote the spokes of a wheel of an automobile, bicycle, or other vehicle.

The numeral wheel, to which the ends 3 3 of the spokes 1 1 are secured, the hub of the wheel and other parts thereof not necessary to be shown.

The numeral 5 indicates the pneumatic tire, vehicle in the usual well-known manner.

The tire protecting pieces 10 10 I preferably construct semicircular in form, as illustrated upon Figs. 1 and 3 of the drawings. I may, however, make them in any suitable form. The said protecting-pieces 10 are provided at each end thereof with curved portions or hooks 11 11, in which the wires 12 12 are movabl y seated whenever the tire is cone pressed, the said. wire extending around the 'tire on opposite sides thereof at terminii on a horizontal line cutting the tire about midway between the point of contact of the tire with a surface on which it moves and the 1 point o'l' contact with the lelly'ol' the wheel.

The curved protecting-pieces l0 l0 are provided with dovetailed recesses 6 6 in the adjoining edges thcrcol', in which recesses the tongues T 7 of the hutl'crs S s are adapted to bc secured. The bull'crs S S are provided with bended laccs S) S), which contact with the inclined surfaces l-t 14 of the recesses 15 15 in the adjacent cdges of the adjoining curved protcctingpicccs 10 10 of the tire. The curved protccting-picccs 1O 10 are provided with longitudinal grooves 16 16 upon the inner l'accs thereof in order to permit sand, grit, and like material to escape that may by chance work in between the inner surtacc ol each of the said protecting-pieces 10 10 and the exterior surlace of the tire. Each of the abutting protccting-pieccs 1O 10 is provided with corresponding registering cut-out portions 18 18, which also permits the escape ofsand and dirt vfrom between the adjoining sifrtaces oi" the abutting protectingpicccs ll).

It will readily appear from the foregoing description, when read in connection with the drawings hereto appended and made a part of the specification and claims, what is the operation of applicant/s tire-protector, and further description of the manner of operating the same is deemed unnecessary.

It is obvious that many variat ons and changes in the details of construction, combination, and arrangement of the parts of my invention will readily suggest themselves to persons skilled in the art and still be witlnn the spirit ands'copo of my improvement,

2 designates the telly of the secured upon the telly 2 of the wheel of a. l

Iidonot desire to confine this invention to I the specific construction and arrangements of parts herein shown and described, and the struction and equivalents thereof that come Within the scope of my improvement as herein shown and described, and illustrated upon the drawin "s appended hereto.

Having escribed my invention, whai do claim, and, desire to secure by LettersPatent,

curved protecting-pieces bufi'ers'seoured between said pieces and means. for securing the said curvedprotecting-pieces upon the tire,

said means adapted to slide uponthe said curved pieces.

2. -A tire-protector comprising a series of curved protecting-pieces provided with dovetailed recesses therein, bufiers'having dovetailed tongues adapted to be secured in said recesses and means for retaining said protect- 1 y I 4 name to this'specifieation presenceof ing-pieces upon the tire;

3. A tire-protector comprising'cur'ved pro- 1 tectin -pieces haying cut-away portions in the a joining edges thereof and dovetailed recesses in said pieces, buffers provided with tongues and beveled portions adapted to be 1.- A tire-protector comprising 'aseries of p pt n -ri s and i said protecting-pieces up h'the tires'.

' 4.1% tire pro'tegtor"comprising a series of curved protect'ir'i pieces having hooks upon the ends thereof, uflers secured between said [ejans for retaining pieces, wires adaptedto be seated. 'u' on the hooks and adapted to automatical'y slide paneled;

thereon-when the" tire is contracted and exfl .5. Attire-protector c'oniprisingicurved prc;'jf

upon. the inner races or said pieces, biiffr's a apted-to be-secure'd betweenjtl iadjb'iriiiig 1 edges of saidtprotecting-pie'c'ejs and for curved protectingpieces"havinglliooks upon. the ends'thereotand rovided' withgmewes; a;

upon the inner faces 0 said'pi'e'ce's', bu

cured between the adjacent-edg s; of said pieces andmeans for securing thesaidpices' i P th r 1 1 In tstiriiony whereof I have signed'rny two subscribing witnesses.

' i LESTER L. SIDWELL. Witnesses: j

' ANNA" MORGAN,

G. H. Wooincoorr. 

